I like a challenge, especially when your friends and folks on Twitter call you crazy. So, here we go. 2019: The Year Without a Beer! 2019: The Year Without a Beer! Ever since I saw a documentary about alcohol earlier[…]
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Author: Team CF
Dutch couple (with kid) on a mission to become Financially Independent & Retire Early.
Happy Holidays to all you Money Nerds
Happy Holidays to all you Money Nerds! May your excel sheets be great, your stomach be stuffed and may your 2019 be (financially) successful and healthy. Happy Holidays to all you Money Nerds! From me an Mrs CF, happy holidays![…]
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FIRE Meetup Haarlem 2019
With all the excitement on the blog, the holiday season and getting closer to the end of 2018, I’m almost forgetting about the FIRE Meetup Haarlem 2019! FIRE Meetup Haarlem 2019 What better way to start of the new year[…]
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The trick to get rich by using other people’s money
Sander’s guest post about how to get rich by using other people’s money was a big success! Heck, I’ve been getting emails and even calls asking how he does it. That bloody cliffhanger?! 😉 Despite being FIRE, Sander is a[…]
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Real Estate Report – November 2018
Quick update on our favorite cash-cow: Real Estate Report – November 2018 edition?! November was boring and very profitable! Finally low expenses and a high(er) cash-flow. Let’s have a look at the numbers! In case you are interested in Real[…]
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Complaining
Rule number 1 in blogging, never talk about politics, religion or the environment. You can never win and it’s really easy to alienate your readers. So what am I going to do today… Exactly, I’m going to rant about complaining,[…]
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Rich the F-You Garden Gnome
Dear readers, I like to introduce to you Rich the F-You garden gnome. Rich is a grumpy old garden gnome with an attitude. Rich also like money & investing, he likes gardens, he likes travelling and he is a big fan[…]
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November 2018 Dividend Update
The November 2018 Dividend Update is hopefully the last one with a (yet another!) YOY decrease! The effects of the dividend stock sale in 2017 are finally behind us. I’m very much looking forward to December, to be honest… November 2018[…]
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Should you buy a forest?
We had a discussion on slack the other day about air travel. As you all know, it’s one of the most polluting forms of travel. But also a fast way to get around and very convenient to cross big ponds.[…]
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Getting Rich by Using Other People’s Money
Today another guest post by reader Sander. He already reached FIRE and is currently enjoying his newly found time. We met a short while ago for lunch. Yes, this was one of those “let’s meet complete internet strangers for coffee”[…]
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Cheesy Finance in the Media
Last week I got an note from a writer at the large Dutch new outlet Nu.nl. In that comment I got the question to do an interview for an article about FIRE. It didn’t take me long to say yes![…]
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October 2018 Cheesy Index & Savings Rate
It’s been busy and interesting here at Cheesy central with posts on the 4% rule, weird people, work and FIRE in the Netherlands. Now it’s time to catch up on savings rates and the Cheesy Index. So today a report[…]
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Hacking the 4% rule!
You know you have awesome readers when you ask them for help and they respond in droves! Reader Cameron, who has been commenting since the early days of this blog, offered a post too. But this one might cause a[…]
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Financial Independence Europe Podcast
If you want to hear me try to squeeze 2 hours into 30 minutes, you got to check this out! You might need to play this at 0.5x speed 😉 Financial Independence Europe Podcast A while back I got the[…]
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